CopyriBht,  H05.  1906,  1907,  1908,  1909,  1910,  1911,  1912,  by  L.  H.  Nelson  Co.,  Portland,  Me.— 338th  Thousand. 


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CITY  HALL  PARK  is  the  center  of  political  life  in  the  great  metropolis.  Standing  on  the  steps  of  the  famous  New  York  City  Hall  one  gets  a  remarkable 
impression  of  the  ceaseless  energy  of  the  city.  Located  near  the  entrance  to  Brooklyn  Bridge,  in  close  contact  with  Newspaper  Row  and  the  Post  Office,  and 
surrounded  by  many  characteristic  skyscrapers,  this  park  is  one  of  the  most  interesting  places  in  New  York.  Probably  at  no  other  point  are  so  many  thousands  of 
people  in  sight.  Here  is  one  of  the  more  important  stations  of  the  Subway,  and  it  was  directly  in  front  of  the  City  Hall  that  the  ground  was  first  broken  for  the 
great  undertaking. 


BROADWAY  AT  32d  STREET.  At  no  other  point  in  the  city  except  perhaps  at  the  entrance  to  Brooklyn  Bridge  is  street  traffic  so  congested  from  time  to 
time  as  at  this  busy  corner.  Surface  cars  movine  in  rapid  succession  on  both  Broadway  and  Sixth  Avenue  and  the  vast  army  of  pedestrians  and  vehiclei  make 
this  one  of  the  most  difficult  crossings  in  Nev»  York.  The  view  showi  a  station  of  the  elevated  road  with  entrances  and  exits  and  separate  platforms  for  "up- 
town" ind  "down-town"  trains.    The  elevated  roads  are  now  operated  by  electricity  and  consist  of  four  main  double-track  lines  and  a  few  short  branches. 


U.  S.  CUSTOM  HOUSE,  Bowling  Green,  foot  of  Broadway.  Occupies  an  entire  block,  and  was  completed  in  1907  at  a  cost  of  $7,200,000.  This  beautiful 
structure  is  the  finest  customs  building  in  the  world.  Doric  colonnades  give  a  superb  air  of  stateliness  to  the  walls,  and  the  corriice  is  embellished  with  statues 
emblematic  of  the  great  commercial  nations.  Larger  groups  representing  the  continents,  America,  Europe,  Africa  and  Asia,  by  Daniel  C.  French,  flank  either  side 
of  the  main  entrance.     A  cartouche  emblematic  of  the  American  Nation,  by  Carl  Bitter,  is  the  crowning  feature  of  the  facade.    Cass  Gilbert,  Architect. 


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Manhattan  Life  Building. 
MANHATTAN  LIFE  INSURANCE  COMPANY  BUILDING.    66  Broadway, 
near  Exchange  Place.     One  of  the  tallest  buildings  in  the  city,  having  23  stories, 
and  towering  361  feet  high.    Very  striking  and  ornate  design.     Home  of  the  Man- 
hattan Life  Insurance  Company,  organized  1850. 


Standard  Oil  Building. 
STANDARD  OIL  COMPANY  BUILDING.  Located  at  26  Broadway,  near 
Bowling  Green.  This  structure  has  acquired  fame  as  the  headquarters  of  the 
gigantic  trust  which  contiols  the  petroleum  industry  of  the  world.  The  building 
is  entirely  occupied  by  the  parent  company  or  sub-companies  which  either  produce, 
refine  or  transpoi  t  oil  or  by-products. 


CHAMBER  OF  COMMERCE.  North  side  of  Liberty  Street,  corner  of  Liberty 
Place.  Here  is  located  the  oldest  commercial  corporation  in  the  United  States, 
having  been  organized  1768.  The  building,  of  white  Vermont  marble  with  a 
granite  base,  was  erected  in  1902  and  cost  over  $1,500,000.  The  main  hall  is 
90x60  feet. 


HALL  OF  RECORDS.  Chambers.  Reade  and  Center  Streets.  A  splendid  fire- 
proof structure  built  of  steel  and  Maine  granite,  for  the  safe-keeping  of  real  estate 
deeds,  mortgages,  etc.,  of  Manhattan  Borough,  also  for  Surrogates'  Courts  and 
City  Offices.    Erected  1904,  and  cost  $5,000,000. 


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BROOKLYN  AND  MANHATTAN  BRIDGES.  The  BROOKLYN  BRIDGE  stretches  across  the  East  River  from  City  Hall  Park  to  Fulton  and  Sands  Streets, 
Brooklyn.  Completed  1883.  Cost,  $21,000,000.  Consists  of  a  central  river  and  two  land  spans,  with  total  length  between  terminals  of  7,580  feet.  Carries  2  cable 
and  2  trolley  tracks,  2  wagon  ways  and  a  footpath.  Average  number  of  passengers  in  24  hours  is  300,000.  The  MANHATTAN  BRIDGE  runs  from  the  Bowery  at 
Canal  Street  to  Flatbush  Avenue,  Brooklyn.  Completed  1909.  Cost,  $16,000,000.  A  double-decked  suspension  bridge,  6,854  feet  long.  Carries  4  trolley  and  4 
elevated  lines,  35-ft.  roadway  and  2  promenades. 


QUEENSBORO  BRIDGE.     This  splendid  example  of  cantilever  bridge  construction  spans  the   East   River  from   East   59th   Street  and  2d  Avenue  to  Jane  and 

Academy  Streets,   Long   Island  City.     The  bridge  is  supported  by  six  masonry  piers  with  a  clear  height  over  channels  of  135  feet.  Longest  span  1182  feet.  The 

entire  structure  is  nearly  7700  feet  in  length — the  longest  bridge  over  the  East  River.  It  is  provided  with  a  roadway  53  feet  wide.  4  trolley  lines.  2  railroad  tracks 
and  2  promenades.     Queensboro  Bridge  was  completed  in  1908  at  a  cost  of  over  $25,000,000. 


THE  WILLIAMSBURG  BRIDGE,  the  greatest  suspension  bridge  in  the  world,  crosses  the  East  River  at  the  Grand  Street  Ferry  to  Broadway  (Williamsburg) 
Brooklyn.  It  is  a  steel-towered  suspension-cantilever  structure  with  a  length  of  7,200  feet  between  terminals.  The  towers  are  335  feet  high.  The  central  span  is 
1,600  feet  long  and  135  feet  above  the  middle  of  the  river.  The  bridgeway  is  118  feet  wide,  and  carries  four  trolley  and  two  cable  tracks,  two  roadways,  two  foot- 
paths, and  two  bicycle  paths.    Estimated  cost,  about  $21,000,000. 


THE  BOWERY.  A  thoroughfare  of  world-wide  fame.  It  derived  its  name  from  the  "bouweries"  or  farms  between  which  it  ran  during  the  old  Dutch  days. 
In  later  years  the  lower  end  grew  to  be  a  series  of  dives,  saloons,  shows,  etc.,  and  became  the  favorite  resort  of  a  tough  element.  Here  the  peculiar  type  of  swagger- 
ing ruffian,  "the  Bowery  Boy",  was  developed.  The  street  has  lost  much  of  its  former  bad  repute,  and  the  "boy"  has  disappeared.  The  milder  young  toughs  of 
today  are  in  turn  giving  way  to  the  frugal  and  good-natured  German  and  Jew.  Better  shops  are  being  opened  year  by  year.  The  Bowery  now  boasts  the  largest 
savings  bank  in  the  world. 


:jUBWAY  entrance.  The  entrances  and  exits  to  the  city's  underground  rapid  transit  system  are  a  new  feature  of  the  streets  of  the  metropolis.  They  are 
substantially  built  and  of  pleasing  design.  The  herculean  undertaking  was  completed  in  1904.  Ultimate  cost,  $60,000,000.  Brooklyn  Bridge  is  the  terminal  for 
all  lines.  Manhattan  western  section  runs  to  Kingsbridge,  eastern  to  Bronx  Park.  Brooklyn  tunnel  extends  under  Broadway  to  South  Ferry,  thence  under  East 
River  to  Atlantic  and  Flatbush  Avenues.    Manhattan  and  Bronx  lines  reach  Yonkers  and  Williamsbridge.    Various  branches  and  loop-lines  connect  sections. 


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THE  NEW  YORK  HIPPODROME,  6th  Avenue,  43d  to  44th  Streets.  The  largest  and  most  completely  equipped  playhouse  in  the  world,  having  a  seating 
capacity  for  5,200  people.  The  enormous  stage  is  capable  of  accommodating  an  army  of  performers.  Beneath  the  apron  of  the  stage  is  a  concrete  and  steel  tank, 
hence  the  entire  front  may  be  converted  into  a  lake  of  real  water  for  aquatic  representations  of  every  kind.  The  productions  exhibited  here  are  unparalleled  for  mag- 
nificence and  grandeur,  and  the  cost  of  the  preparatory  work  of  any  undertaking  runs  into  thousands.  Nearly  two  millions  of  people  have  entered  this  great 
theatre  since  its  opening. 


THE  HOTEL  ASTOR.  Long  Acre  Square  and  44th  Street.  Erected  in  1904  by  William  Waldorf  Astor.  One  of  the  most  sumptuous  hotels  in  the  world. 
Built  of  absolutely  fire-proof  materials,  contains  six  hundred  guest  rooms,  large  restaurants,  grill  room,  palm  garden,  roof  garden,  etc.  Great  banquet  halls,  ball 
j-oora  and  private  dining  rooms  occupy  an  entire  floor.    One  of  the  most  interesting  places  in  New  York  to  visit  is  the  wine  cellar  of  Hotel  Astor. 


HOTEL  KNICKERBOCKER,  corner  Broadway  and  42d  Street.    One  of  the  THE   ST.   REGIS   HOTEL,   5th  Avenue,   corner  of  55th  Street.    This  hotel, 

more  recent  palatial  hotel  buildings  erected  to  meet  the  ever-growing  demand  of  located  in  the  exclusive  section  of  5th  Avenue,  enjoys  the  reputation  of  being  the 

New  York's  immense  visiting  population.    Its  location  is  in  the  precise  center  of  most  luxuriously-fitted  in  the  world, 
the  theatrical  district. 


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TRINITY  CHURCH,  Broadway  at  the  head  of  Wall  Street.  The  present 
structure  is  of  brown  sandstone  in  Gothic  style  and  was  completed  in  1847.  The 
church  society  is  the  richest  in  America  and  maintains  besides  the  parent  church, 
eight  chapels,  schools,  a  dispensary  hospital,  and  a  long  list  of  charitable  enter- 
prises. 


TRINITY  CHURCH  INTERIOR.  The  bronze  doors  which  adorn  the  entrance 
were  given  by  William  Waldorf  Astor  in  memory  of  his  father,  John  Jacob  Astor.  The 
altar  and  reredos  were  presented  by  John  Jacob  Astor  and  William  Astor  in 
memory  of  their  father,  William  Astor.    The  reredos  alone  cost  $100,000. 


CENTRAL  PARK  is  the  great  playground  of  the  city's  poor  as  well  as  the  rendezvous  for  the  fashionable  turnouts  of  the  wealthy.  It  extends  from  69th 
Street  to  110th  Street  and  from  5th  Avenue  to  8th  Avenue,  an  area  of  eight  hundred  seventy-nine  acres  abounding  in  natural  beauty.  Woodland,  lake,  lawn  and 
meadow  unite  to  make  this  the  most  delightful  park  in  the  world.  The  center  view  above  shows  the  fine  equestrian  statue  of  General  Sherman  by  St.  Gaudens, 
erected  near  the  69th  Street  entrance. 


THE  OBELISK  was  presented  to  the  city  by  the  late  Khedive  of  Egypt  in 
1877.  It  is  sixth  in  size  of  the  famous  Egyptian  obelisks.  The  entire  expense  of 
its  removal  and  erection  on  its  present  site  near  the  Metropolitan  Museum  was 
borne  by  the  late  William  K.  Vanderbilt. 


THE  SOLDIERS'  AND  SAILORS'  MONUMENT.  At  89th  Street  stands  a 
pure  white  marble  monument  erected  to  the  memory  of  the  citizens  of  New  York 
who  took  part  in  the  Civil  war.  It  is  a  circular  structure  with  a  peristyle  of 
twelve  Corinthian  columns,  35  feet  high.  Built  by  ihe  city  at  a  cost  of  $250,000. 
in  1902. 


THE  STATUE  OF  ALEXANDER  HAMILTON,  by  Conradst,  is  of  granite  and  is  located  near  the  Art  Museum  in  Central  Park. 

THE  COLOSSAL  STATUE  OF  WASHINGTON,  by  J.  Q.  A.  Ward,  stands  at  the  entrance  to  the  Sub-treasury,  formerly  the  City  Hall,  on  the  exact  spot 
where  Washington  took  the  oath  of  office  in  1789. 

THE  BRONZE  STATUE  OF  PETER  COOPER  was  designed  by  St.  Gaudens,  who  was  himself  once  a  pupil  at  the  Cooper  Union  in  front  of  which  the  statue 
stands. 

THE  BRONZE  STATUE  OF  NATHAN  HALE,  by  MacMonnies,  is  located  in  City  Hall  Park  near  the  spot  where  Hale  was  hanged  as  a  spy  by  the  British 
during  the  Revolutionary  War. 


NEW  YORK  PUBLIC  LIBRARY,  5th  Avenue  and  40th  to  42d  Streets.  A  notable  structure,  built  of  pure  white  marble,  ranking  in  architectural  design  and  in 
capacity  with  the  few  leading  library  buildings  of  the  world.  Here  is  room  for  four  millions  of  volumes,  stacked  according  to  the  most  approved  methodt  of 
library  storage.  Circulates  over  five  million  volumes  annually.  The  New  York  Public  Library  is  a  successor  t*  the  Astor  (1848),  the  Lenox  (1870)  and  Tilden 
(1877)  foundations  which  were  consolidated  in  1896.    The  area  covered  by  the  building  is  approximately  460x300  feet.    Carrere  and  Hastingi,  architects. 


THE  METROPOLITAN  MUSEUM  OF  FINE  ARTS  is  on  the  5th  Avenue  side  of  Central  Park  at  79th  Street.  The  view  here  shown  is  of  the  newer  east 
wing  erected  at  a  cost  of  $1,000,000.  The  museum  contains  the  finest  collection  of  paintings,  statuary  and  antiques  in  America.  On  Sunday,  the  building  is 
crowded  with  sightseers.  Ten  thousand  persons  frequently  pass  through  the  turnstiles  in  the  four  hours  allotted  to  the  "free"  public.  No  art  museum  in  tha 
world,  possibly  excepting  the  Louvre,  has  surroundings  so  harmonious.  The  Park  on  one  side  and  the  palaces  of  5th  Avenue  on  the  other  are  a  fitting  environment 
for  this  unequalled  collection  of  art  treasures. 


COLUMBIA  UNIVERSITY.  Morningside  Heights.  Broadway  and  Amsterdam  Avenue,   116th   to   120th   Streets.     New  York's  foremost   educational  institution, 

founded  as  "King's  College"  in  1754.  now  occupies  fifteen  college  buildings  covering  18  acres.    The  central  structure  is  the  Low  Memorial  Library,  erected  by 

Seth  Low  in  memory  of  his  father.    Cost  $1,000,000.     It  contains  350.000  volumes.    Other  buildings  are  the  University  Hall,  Schermerhorn  Hall  (biology^  Havemeyer 

Hall  (chemistry),  the  Physics  Building.  Earl,  South  and  Fayerweather  Halls,  and  the  Engineermg  Building,  containing  the  machinery  needed  in  practical  instruction. 


GRANT'S  TOMB.  Claremont  Heights,  Riverside  Drive,  near  123d  Street.  This  beautiful  edifice,  one  of  the  largest  monuments  in  the  world,  is  150  feet  high 
and  covers  an  area  of  10,000  square  feet,  and  is  built  of  Maine  white  granite.  The  cost,  $600,000,  was  raised  by  the  Grant  Monument  Association  by  voluntary 
contributions  from  over  90,000  people.  The  memorial  was  dedicated  by  President  McKinley  in  1907.  Over  the  portico  are  statues  "Peace"  and  "Victory"  by  J. 
Massey  Rhind.    The  remains  of  the  great  soldier  and  his  wife  lie  in  two  red  porphyry  sarcophagi  in  a  crypt  under  the  dome. 


J.  p.  MORGAN'S  RESIDENCE  AND  LIBRARY,  Madison  Avenue  and  36th  Street.  The  home  and  private  library  of  the  great  American  master-financier. 
The  residence  is  architecturally  plain,  but  the  library,  built  of  Tennessee  marble  in  Italian  Renaissance  style,  is  one  of  the  most  beautiful  structures  in  New  York. 
Here  are  housed  Mr.  Morgan's  collection  of  priceless  manuscripts  and  rare  editions.  The  building  has  figured  in  the  financial  history  of  the  country,  for  it  wa« 
here  the  famous  day  and  night  conferences  were  held  in  October,  1907,  which  resulted  in  averting  a  world-wide  panic. 


Copyright,  Irving  Underbill,  N.  Y. 


RESIDENCE  OF  CHAS.  M.  SCHWAB.  This  magnificent  architectural  pile 
occupies  a  commanding  position  on  Riverside  Drive.  It  is  unique  because  of  the 
extent  of  lavm.  Most  New  York  houses,  even  those  of  the  millionaires,  are? 
crowded  together  with  little  or  no  open  land  about  them.  But  this  residence 
occupies  an  entire  square  and  is  said  to  have  cost  five  million  dollars. 


CARNEGIE  HOUSE.  Fifth  Avenue,  91st  to  92nd  Streets.  Presented  by 
Andrew  Carnegie,  the  famous  steel  manufacturer  and  philanthropist,  to  his  daugh- 
ter, Margaret  Carnegie,  as  a  birthday  gift.  The  house  is  said  to  have  cost  three 
million  dollars.     It  contains  nearly  one  hundred  rooms  decorated  in  lavish  style. 


SKYSCRAPERS  FROM  THE  NORTH  RIVER.  The  ever-increasing  demand  for  office  room  in  New  York,  the  business  center  of  the  country,  has  brought 
about  the  erection  of  these  huge  steel,  fireproof  buildings,  each  capable  of  housing  an  army.  Problems  in  construction  undreamed  of  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago  have 
been  triumphantly  solved.  From  the  river  these  structures  present  an  outline  not  unlike  the  crags  and  peaks  of  a  mountain  range.  At  night  the  lights  twinkle  from 
a  million  windovi's,  a  wonderful  picture  from  the  Jersey  shore. 


SKYSCRAPERS    FROM    THE    NORTH    RIVER.     It  is   estimated   that   these  monster  office  buildings  represent   in  themselves  an  outlay  of  not  less  than 

$250,000,000.    and    contain   the   offices   of   great   railroad,    commercial   and   other  business    interests    of    every    description    representing  investments  aggregating 

$300,000,000,000.  The  '"Skyscraper"  is  distinctively  an  American  product,  an  evolution  from  building  problems  raised  by  the  pressure  for  room  on  lower  Man- 
hattan, and  has  no  counterpart  on  the  other  side  of  the  Atlantic. 


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THE  GRAND  CENTRAL  TERMINAL.  42  Street.  The  largest  railway  terminal  in  the  world.  Area  70  acres.  Capacity  100,000  passen^iers  per  hour.  42  tracks 
on  upper  or  express  level;  25  on  lower  or  suburban  level.  32  miles  of  tracks  in  buildings  and  yard.  Accommodations  for  1149  cars  at  one  time.  Waiting  rooms 
and  concourses  will  accommodate  30,000  passengers  at  one  time  without  crowding.     Nu  stairways;  various  levels  reached  by  ramps  or  inclined  ways  of  easy  grade. 


THE  PENNSYLVANIA  TERMINAL  7th  and  9th  Avenues  and  31st  and  33d  Streets.  One  of  the  great  railroad  stations  of  the  world.  The  walls  of  this  struc- 
ture designed  after  the  style  of  the  Baths  of  Caracalla  in  Rome,  enclose  8  acres  of  ground  space.  The  cost  of  the  building  alone  was  $10,000,000.  and  with  con- 
necting tunnels  and  subsidiary  improvements  reached  the  stupendous  total  of  $160,000,000.  Four  miles  of  passenger  platforms,  16  miles  of  trackage,  and  25  elevators 
are  included  in  the  edifice.    There  is  a  daily  train  service  of  about  1,000  trains. 


THE  BARTHOLDI  STATUE  stands  upon  Bedloe's  Island,  almost  two  miles  southeast  of  the  Battery.  It  is  a  colossal  bronze  figure  representing  Liberty 
Enlightening  the  World,  a  gift  to  the  people  of  America  by  the  eminent  French  sculptor,  Auguste  Bartholdi.  This  striking  ornament  to  the  harbor,  which  first 
greets  the  eyes  of  returning  traveler  or  hopeful  immigrant,  holds  aloft  a  great  torch,  306  feet  above  the  level  of  the  sea.  A  station  of  the  Signal  Corps  School  is 
maintained  on  Bedloe's  Island  by  the  War  Department. 


IMMIGRANT  STATION.  These  fine  buildings  of  brick,  stone  and  terra  cotta  are  located  on  Ellis  Island,  a  small  island  between  the  Liberty  Statue  and  the 
Communipaw  shore.  Here  thousands  of  immigrants  are  received  daily  and  passed  into  the  United  States.  All  steerage  passengers  are  transferred  from  the  steamers 
in  which  they  arrive,  and  before  they  can  land,  must  be  examined  as  to  their  eligibility  as  citizens  and  be  fully  recorded.  The  Government  never  ceases  to 
protect  the  immigrant  until  he  is  prepared  to  face  the  new  conditions.  Over  11,000,000  immigraats  have  entered  the  port  of  New  York  since  1880,  and  the  annual 
average  is  about  600,000.  ^ 


CENTURY  THEATRE,  Central  Park,  West  and  62d  Street,  is  one  of  the  architectural  triumphs  of  the  great  American  metropolis.  Its  exterior  exhibits  a  strikingly 
effective  combination  of  the  modern  and  Italian  Renaissance  types.  No  playhouse  in  the  world  can  surpass  the  artistic  elegance  and  completeness  of  the  interior 
appointments.  The  structure  is  built  of  clear  Indiana  gray  limestone,  and  orcui)ies  the  entire  block  between  62d  and  63d  Streets.  The  cost  of  building,  $2,000,000, 
was  subscribed  by  New  York's  multi-millionaires. 


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